The timed auction ends Thursday July 23rd at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Christopher R. Inwood
Does my name actually matter to you, 2024
oil, acrylic, charcoal in wood
Height 40 cm x Width 32 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $750
From the unseen Cannon Fodder Blue collection
In Does my name actually matter to you, Christopher R Inwood delivers a quietly arresting meditation on identity, recognition, and the longing to be seen. The portrait — a solitary male figure rendered with painterly restraint — rests against a panel of “the bluest blue that can be blued,” a hue that seems to vibrate with emotional intensity.
From the unseen Cannon Fodder Blue collection, this work exemplifies Inwood’s deft balance of psychological depth and visual simplicity. The question posed by the title lingers in the viewer’s mind — personal yet universal, tender yet confrontational. Through blue, Inwood conjures both distance and intimacy, creating a portrait that feels less like an image and more like an echo of human connection.
Artist Bio: Inwood has exhibited across Australia at galleries, art spaces, and festivals including, Brisbane Power House, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Brisbane Square Library, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Perc Tucker Regional gallery, Brisbane Street Art Festival and has been a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize x 3, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, the Percival Portrait Painting Prize x 2, the Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Melt Portrait Prize x 3. Inwood refined his understanding of art and its histories at The University of Queensland studying Art History.